{"id":10197,"date":"2014-08-19T13:34:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/2014\/08\/19\/2014-9-5-derbys-education-exceeds-expectations\/"},"modified":"2024-10-22T14:46:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T13:46:14","slug":"2014-9-5-derbys-education-exceeds-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/news\/2014-9-5-derbys-education-exceeds-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Derby\u2019s Education Exceeds Expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div         class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-hidden\n          design-layout-inline\n          \n          \n          \n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure             class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:618px; \n  overflow: hidden;\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div               \n              \n              class=\"image-block-wrapper\"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><\/p>\n<div class=\"sqs-image-shape-container-element\\n              \\n          \\n        \\n              has-aspect-ratio\\n            \" style>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/319_image-asset.jpg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/319_image-asset.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"618x416\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5449076de4b0b1d30fc32258\" data-type=\"image\" >\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\">It\u2019s been a month of good news for education in Derby with the recent successes in A-level results, and the <a href=\"\/university-of-derby\">University of Derby\u2019s<\/a> positive responses from this year\u2019s National Student Survey (NSS).<\/p>\n<p>Colleges and Sixth Forms across Derby have been celebrating the A-Level results with numerous institutions across the city reporting record A-Level pass rates.<\/p>\n<p>Bondholders <a href=\"\/derby-high-school\">Derby High School<\/a> reported a 100% pass rate, <a href=\"\/derby-college\">Derby College<\/a> achieved a 96% pass rate, and Liz Coffey, Principal of <a href=\"\/landau-forte-college\">Landau Forte College<\/a>, said: \u201cThis year\u2019s group has been equal to or better than with about 90% going on to university.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The results are especially promising in a year when the overall number of A-Level pass grades in England has declined for the first time in 32 years.<\/p>\n<p>The NSS found that 86% of University of Derby students are satisfied with their course \u2013 well above the benchmark figure set by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). The University has also maintained satisfaction scores for the quality of teaching at 88%, and equals or exceeds the sector average in every question.<\/p>\n<p>The University has also reported an increase in the overall number of applicants; up by 12% compared to last year.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Philip Plowden, said: \u201cThe University\u2019s continuing outstanding performance confirms that we continue to meet our aim of providing our students with a superb academic experience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a month of good news for education in Derby with the recent successes in A-level results, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[73,840,841,842,843,844,54],"class_list":["post-10197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-derby-news","tag-dcg","tag-derby-high-school","tag-further-education","tag-landau-forte-college","tag-national-student-survey","tag-skills-development","tag-university-of-derby"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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